Sprinkler



J. CARLSON. SPRINKLER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 16, 1920.

Patented June 7,1921.

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Specification of Lettersletent. Pgytgjgtgd J ng 7 magi Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,878.

To all whom; it may concem:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAnLsoN, a

. subject of the King of Sweden, residing at 6758 Clyde Ave, Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sprinklers and is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a -front elevation of a sprinkler embodying my. invention; d

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fi 3 is an enlarged partial section on the line 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment shown, the lawn sprinkler comprises a horizontal pipe 10 attached A downwardly and backwardly extending slot 17 1s formed in the vertical pipe 15 and is relieved at 18 as shown in Fig. 3.

. By relieving this slot as at 18 eddy-currents and cross-currents are produced in the emerging stream which tend to break it up and scatter it in all directions from the edge of the slot. The effect is thus to scat-- ter more water over a limited area and not to throw it so far as would be the case Were the discharge slot of uniform width throughout its length.

While 1 have shown and described but a single embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Chan es, therefore, may be made which do not depart from the .spirit and scope of my invention as disclosed by the appended claim, in whichit is my intention to cover all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art i What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A lawn sprinkler comprising a tube having a diagonal. slot formed in one side thereof, the shorter side of said slot being relieved.

JOHN CARLSON. 

